The Privilege of Love
Subtitle: Camaldolese Benedictine Spirituality
Contributors: Peter-Damian Belisle (Editor); Michael Downey (Introduction)
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: February 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780814627730
Subjects: Christian communities & monasticism; Religion - Classic Works; Institutions & Organizations; Religion - Catholicism; Religion; Spiritual life; Christianity - Catholic; Spirituality - General; Christianity - Catholicism; Prayer; Camaldolese
First sentence: When Saint Romuald of Ravenna began drawing disciples to himself, gathering isolated hermits and eremitical groups into community, making monastic foundations, refounding already extant houses under reformed principles and speaking out against ecclesiastical decadence slightly over one millennium ago, little did he realize that his movement would develop into a religious order.